Pillow-sham holder



(No Model.)

F. E; CLARK.

PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

minesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANKLIN E. CLARK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PlLLOW-SHAM HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3'78,867, dated March 6, 1888.

(No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN E. CLARK, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pillow-sham holders; and the invention consists inthe construction and arrangement of different parts, whereby provision is made for securing the holder to the bedstead and providing it with a suitable tension device whereby it is held in its adjusted positions against displacement, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a perspective view as the holder appears when secured to the head-posts of a bedstead. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of one of the supporting-brackets.

' In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,apillow sham holder is shown, wherein A is the roller or bar and B the wire frame, the whole forming a two-part holder of known construction adapted to be adjusted to any width of bedstead. The ends of the barA are provided with metal tips or ferrules O, which form the journals on which the bar turns, and these tips or ferrules are provided with two or more flat bearing places.

E is a bracket provided with two jaws, ac, and a clamp-screw, b, by means of which the bracket can be clamped to a bed-post. One of the two jaws a a is adj ustably secured to the bar by any suitable means for the purpose of securing the bracket to bed-posts of different size. In the drawings the rear jaw, a, is movably secured to the bracket E by means of an adjusting-screw, c, and the clampingscrew 12 is provided with a pad or washer, d,

' to protect the wood against being marred. The

F is a spring secured at one end to the bracket and adapted to press with its free end against the bar A when arranged in position, as shown in Fig. 1. This spring is preferably made of spring-wire and provided with a loop, f, which embraces the eye of the bracket. By means of this arrangement the spring cannot be accidentally displaced, and at the same time it holds the bar A against lateral displacement.

In practice, the parts being constructed and arranged substantially as shown, it will be seen that the relative positions of the flat bearingfaces on the bar A and in the sockets or eye of the bracket form positions of rest for the sham-holder under the action of the spring. These positions of rest are made to correspond with the most desirable raised or lowered positions of the holder, and at the same time the pressure of the spring is sufficient to prevent accidental displacement without interfering with the free operation of the holder.

The two brackets E required to hold the pillow sham holder are preferably made right and left, but it is immaterial whether the spring F is placed on top or 011 the bottom of the bracket.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. In a pillow-sham holder, the bracket E,

provided with jaw a and adjustable jaw a','

8. In a'pillow'sham holder, the combination of the bar A; provided with flat bcaringfaces, the bracket E, having jaws cm, and clamping screw 1), the eye e of the bracket having flat bearing-faces for the head-bar, and the spring F, secured at one end to said bracket and provided with a loop, f, embracing the eye of the bracket, all arranged to operate substantially as described.

FRANKLIN E. CLARK.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. CLARK, ADOLPH BARTHEL. 

